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egypt it is very low. 10 or 20. now the christian communities are insulted. much more informally stir up cited groups or terrorist groups but in this case a catholic church was bombed on christmas eve. 57 people died. i have photographs from a military friend that i don't think anybody ever published. there were dismemberment. eve then it intentional mutilation. i saw of the headings. this was an angry assaults not just neat and tidy. repeated and repeated i think one real tragedy is these people went to syria now they get it from both sides. the state and whenever the rebellion is. we have that in the wake of being expelled. i met an old man who had to flee in 1970 with his wife and said christians did not see the writing on the wall and they should have. the same with egypt. now there is a terrible risk. a huge and christian population. the rich are leaving that they can afford a lawyer or the airplane ticket but what is left are the poor. where will they go on foot? sudan, libya and israel by a are putting up another wall. so they cannot go there either. i
egypt it is very low. 10 or 20. now the christian communities are insulted. much more informally stir up cited groups or terrorist groups but in this case a catholic church was bombed on christmas eve. 57 people died. i have photographs from a military friend that i don't think anybody ever published. there were dismemberment. eve then it intentional mutilation. i saw of the headings. this was an angry assaults not just neat and tidy. repeated and repeated i think one real tragedy is these...
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that with one of the same of -- the first of the shiite imams who sends a letter to his governor in egypt and says everybody there is either your brother in faith or your equal in creation. and this notion is central i think of both islam and america, right, that we have to lift up and emphasize the dimension of our traditions that build relationships with people different from us but it's this notion that suddenly radical openness but faith and nation as a breach of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. there are powerful movements out there making especially faith. a big part of what you about in your church, the part of what we are about, where big part of what reverend innovation and folks are here from impact, i have a lot of friends in this room, a big part of what they are about, or what they're doing is making a bridge of cooperation but i would like to read a selection from "sacred ground," that america is a nation that this is woven into our dna, and i view it as the chief of not just of the american promise, but also something really beautiful from the holy quran where
that with one of the same of -- the first of the shiite imams who sends a letter to his governor in egypt and says everybody there is either your brother in faith or your equal in creation. and this notion is central i think of both islam and america, right, that we have to lift up and emphasize the dimension of our traditions that build relationships with people different from us but it's this notion that suddenly radical openness but faith and nation as a breach of cooperation rather than a...
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israel, egypt, pakistan, iraq, and afghanistan. nothing wrong with that, but we have to work with our frens to the south. we put in 1.4, and with additional money, it's $1.9 billion. for every one dollar we help with mexico, they spend $13. they spend a lot of money on security. they got to -- we got to understand what they are doing. now, what we started off, we did the easy thing, buy them hell cometters, buying this, and e worked with george bush, and filed the first legislation before bush talked about the plan because i felt that strongly about helping mexico, but nevertheless, we worked together. we did the easy thing with mexico, the helicopters and the planes. the hard part is this is we got to start training or billing the capacity, the prison systems, the prosecutors, the policemen. we're working on it at the federal level, and they trained 36,000 police. i think they need 150,000 or more than that. we have to go into judges, train the judges, the prosecutors. did you know that a prosecutor here in the united states, if h
israel, egypt, pakistan, iraq, and afghanistan. nothing wrong with that, but we have to work with our frens to the south. we put in 1.4, and with additional money, it's $1.9 billion. for every one dollar we help with mexico, they spend $13. they spend a lot of money on security. they got to -- we got to understand what they are doing. now, what we started off, we did the easy thing, buy them hell cometters, buying this, and e worked with george bush, and filed the first legislation before bush...
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in egypt they changed their position and they got 24%. who is pushing this people in shoe tunisia to put the governments in to a situation they are facing problems because they don't know to hw deal. they are dealing and playing on the religious credibility. good thing the leaders in tunisia or the muslim brotherhood in egypt we have the credibility and we are -- you are not [inaudible] with the arts and movies, and freedom of expression. we are the protecter of we are "the guardian." they are greating dwises divisions within. it's going difficult and it's going to be used by the populist, the [inaudible] you know what we have in the west but it's used from within. so this is why our position and this is not to full very quickly to the trap by saying saying with oh this is started again. it's to understand that from within the society, there are people who are pushed, and they are trnd that are supported in order create division from within the society. and this is why we have to say clearly once again, it's a question of consistency. the
in egypt they changed their position and they got 24%. who is pushing this people in shoe tunisia to put the governments in to a situation they are facing problems because they don't know to hw deal. they are dealing and playing on the religious credibility. good thing the leaders in tunisia or the muslim brotherhood in egypt we have the credibility and we are -- you are not [inaudible] with the arts and movies, and freedom of expression. we are the protecter of we are "the guardian."...
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even in egypt. and be consistent with israel and the palestinians, and be consistent with anything which has to do with transparency and no corruption in the muslim majority countries. consistency is the problem. >> thank you, professor. >> i'm trying to emphasize a quite complex idea. i welcome you here. i welcome your ideas, and i am also not from united states of america. i'm from dutch caribbean. i must say we share certain things. but the first thing i would like to talk about is the arab awakening and the issue of the revolution of the arab awakening. how do you see -- in my opinion the way this is seen and even talked about here tonight, i think you try to deconstruct that way of thinking. what i see is an attempt on the part, people in the periphery. going back to come in my beloved caribbean the haitian revolution. people trying -- people trying to resist was going on and trying to find models. you have talked a lot about it. i would like to know maybe some ideas of sudden more people insid
even in egypt. and be consistent with israel and the palestinians, and be consistent with anything which has to do with transparency and no corruption in the muslim majority countries. consistency is the problem. >> thank you, professor. >> i'm trying to emphasize a quite complex idea. i welcome you here. i welcome your ideas, and i am also not from united states of america. i'm from dutch caribbean. i must say we share certain things. but the first thing i would like to talk about...
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we do this to egypt. and i'm sure what shibley was talking about before, this is ridiculous. there were millions of people in the streets at the end of january of 2011. every police station in alexandria had been burned down. tahrir square was occupied. we didn't make it happen. we couldn't have stopped it if we wanted to, and the recognition of that fact, i think, is really important. number one is that old idea that we can go back to simply working with friendly dictators, i think that's just gone. second, i think, which is really important is the idea that we can control the region, that in a sense the region is crying out for our leadership and that every problem in the region has to be solved by us. and i think we -- there's a healthy recognition now beat into us by the war on terror, by iraq and now by the arab uprisings that the ability of the united states to manage and control what happens in the region is quite limited. and so the combination of those two things, i think, then helps to explain a
we do this to egypt. and i'm sure what shibley was talking about before, this is ridiculous. there were millions of people in the streets at the end of january of 2011. every police station in alexandria had been burned down. tahrir square was occupied. we didn't make it happen. we couldn't have stopped it if we wanted to, and the recognition of that fact, i think, is really important. number one is that old idea that we can go back to simply working with friendly dictators, i think that's just...
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. >> he was the head of egypt. >> he was the head of egypt. he had been sending palestinian guerrillas to attack deep within israel. it was only a matter of time before nasser used this massive soviet weaponry in an offensive war of destruction. israel sought to launch a preemptive strike. it found an opportunity in the suez crisis. we call it nationalize the suez canal. tried to negotiate through american mediation a solution to the suez crisis. when no solution could be found, britain and france elected to retake the canal by force of arms and enlisted israel's help in that effort. israel sought an alliance of convenience between britain and france and herself and launched this war. >> i want to show on this map here where the lines -- the diagonal lines, one at the bottom is sinai. over here is the gulf of suez. for the audience to look around and see where jordan is located. jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war last
. >> he was the head of egypt. >> he was the head of egypt. he had been sending palestinian guerrillas to attack deep within israel. it was only a matter of time before nasser used this massive soviet weaponry in an offensive war of destruction. israel sought to launch a preemptive strike. it found an opportunity in the suez crisis. we call it nationalize the suez canal. tried to negotiate through american mediation a solution to the suez crisis. when no solution could be found,...
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and not only is it what we see in egypt for the future but it's perfectly consistent with egypt's modern history, and the central drama in egypt is the egyptian political history. rob asked me to keep my remarks focused on the current situation. i can't help myself and i have to digress into some of the scenes of the struggle because i think they reflect well on what is likely to health it's clear that what we're seeing now at this moment in egypt is a reflection of the fact that no party north, the muslim brotherhood, not the liberals, not the revolution north carolina, not anybody who you see out there, part of a faction you all know the scene there, have been able to meet egyptians' demand for social justice representative government, and national debate. these demands have been, as i say, perfectly consistent going back to the early part of the century no one has been able to answer these questions satisfactorily and never been able to answer the central questions about what kind of principles of government, the organization of government, the relationship and -- the relationship bet
and not only is it what we see in egypt for the future but it's perfectly consistent with egypt's modern history, and the central drama in egypt is the egyptian political history. rob asked me to keep my remarks focused on the current situation. i can't help myself and i have to digress into some of the scenes of the struggle because i think they reflect well on what is likely to health it's clear that what we're seeing now at this moment in egypt is a reflection of the fact that no party...
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[indiscernible] says a letter to is governor in egypt and says, everybody air is either your brother in fate or your equal and creation. this notion is central to both islam and america. we have to of lift up and emphasize the dimensions of our traditions that build relationships. average of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. there are powerful movements making especially faith a-bomb of destruction or barrier of division. a big part of what your about, big part of what we are about, a big part of what reverend danny fisher and the folks here from mpac and friends in this room, a big part of what they are about and what they're doing is making faces a bridge of cooperation. love to read a selection about how i think that america is a nation that this is woven into our dna in that unit as the achievement not just of the american promise, but also something really beautiful. god says, i made you different nations and tribes and you may come to know one another. we have the chance to achieve that, and i kind of right that in the final passage of the introduction of sacred gr
[indiscernible] says a letter to is governor in egypt and says, everybody air is either your brother in fate or your equal and creation. this notion is central to both islam and america. we have to of lift up and emphasize the dimensions of our traditions that build relationships. average of cooperation rather than a barrier of division. there are powerful movements making especially faith a-bomb of destruction or barrier of division. a big part of what your about, big part of what we are...
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but in fact, only two weeks ago in egypt. but what has happened in tunisia and egypt was actually a long journey. the popular uprising in the downfall of the regime in tunisia and egypt and libya. what we are starting to see in tunisia is a true political idea for the future and the character of the country. the process in egypt today has to do with the democracy of the country with those two countries struggling for dominance. in my opinion, this is the true expression of the arab spring. in 2010, our population overthrew the regime. and the support of the regime has been protected by the people. and the citizens have the freedom to express themselves here. this is a chance in the air of consciousness, and it seems to me that we have not fully yet come to terms for the future. in the arab world, there are two types of devices. those that have political lives in freedom and those who live in tyranny. what would be georgian or maybe even a mother great country. in my estimation, [inaudible] is early, too early to fully compreh
but in fact, only two weeks ago in egypt. but what has happened in tunisia and egypt was actually a long journey. the popular uprising in the downfall of the regime in tunisia and egypt and libya. what we are starting to see in tunisia is a true political idea for the future and the character of the country. the process in egypt today has to do with the democracy of the country with those two countries struggling for dominance. in my opinion, this is the true expression of the arab spring. in...
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egypt goes to elections. the first one is a presidential election and in the second is parliamentary in 2005 and six, and its two stages. so, i asked national security advisor and president mubarak right hand man come to washington to condi and i have dinner with just three of us. i think maybe john gold was there as well. and -- [inaudible] >> no, john. for a lot of reasons. and we said to the general, this is your chance. this is mubarak the chance. let him out of jail. let him run. and run an open free and fair election. mubarak is going to win. he will win with 69% of the vote. who cares that it's 73 or 85? but have a free and fair election, and have him campaign. has been described to the egyptian people what he's going to do. we sat there for about two and a half hours, and he said well, what about the secret service? we said we know what there's going to be demonstrations. don't crack down on them. and we talked about how you have to work with your security forces to maintain law and order, but in the
egypt goes to elections. the first one is a presidential election and in the second is parliamentary in 2005 and six, and its two stages. so, i asked national security advisor and president mubarak right hand man come to washington to condi and i have dinner with just three of us. i think maybe john gold was there as well. and -- [inaudible] >> no, john. for a lot of reasons. and we said to the general, this is your chance. this is mubarak the chance. let him out of jail. let him run. and...
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it's even worse in egypt. what happened is in egypt the ruler is the last man that could have ever challenged mubarak was the defense minister moved aside in the mid 1980's. he wanted to become vice president and he wasn't. he had a minister of defense. the regime never had any dealings with the opposition group, the labor party and what not. they had no power and they didn't have that relationship. so, but in yen in the state was so weak -- yemen he always had contact. you're not going to get anything. >> sebelius suggest that it's going to be pretty hard to deal with. >> and what is and be a negotiation between the regime in the west and the level. but when you look at the revolt in the arab spring only in libya did we see violence. only a few hundred in egypt and that was before the tanks were rolled out. yemen she used violence as a tool. she knew he couldn't continue but he wanted to get those assurances that he needed. in libya when half the country was lost in a few days we see any level of violence tha
it's even worse in egypt. what happened is in egypt the ruler is the last man that could have ever challenged mubarak was the defense minister moved aside in the mid 1980's. he wanted to become vice president and he wasn't. he had a minister of defense. the regime never had any dealings with the opposition group, the labor party and what not. they had no power and they didn't have that relationship. so, but in yen in the state was so weak -- yemen he always had contact. you're not going to get...
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i spend a lot more time on the eurozone, on tunisia and egypt, on the u.s./china relationship, the pivot to asia. i mean, there's sort of -- there's a bit of a list from an economic analysis, um, perspective that we tend to spend most of our time on. >> okay. i would like to ask you about all of those subjects, but maybe everyone else would like a chance to do that too. so, please, questions? i think there's a mic here. is there another mic? going once, if people don't have questions, i'll ask them. okay, please. >> i always wanted to be mick jagger. well, wayne lloyd, world affairs council of atlanta. one of the things that we observed both in the atlanta environment but just looking at the global companies there has to do with our competitive advantage in collaboration, that the work that many companies are doing with government, ngos like care, world wildlife fund and so forth and with business, that triangle is very successful or it appears to be. just like some comments on is this one of the elements of our competitiveness that we ought to feature and e
i spend a lot more time on the eurozone, on tunisia and egypt, on the u.s./china relationship, the pivot to asia. i mean, there's sort of -- there's a bit of a list from an economic analysis, um, perspective that we tend to spend most of our time on. >> okay. i would like to ask you about all of those subjects, but maybe everyone else would like a chance to do that too. so, please, questions? i think there's a mic here. is there another mic? going once, if people don't have questions,...
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right now when it's important for egypt is a potential problem. on the other hand it to engage in these kind of the hitters and think that there's no consequence to them is also a real problem. >> you don't think we should be cutting off the military 1.6 million? >> i think we should -- it is an unbelievable the alana. we have to do everything we can to persuade the egyptians to find a way out of this and the way out of it is to pursue the prosecution's which is indefensible and inconsistent with what they say they want in terms of the transition to the civilian leadership. .. >> that seeps into the bloodstream zero eject bereday haft devin space for continuing competition and the elections that are repeatable and freedom of speech and assembly. nidal criminalize the private sector. we need to repeat the standards because he will find the public will hold whether is seeking to govern. >> but those countries to whom they give the most assistance pakistan, egypt israel, we seem to have the toughest time of influence when we really need it. yes. and
right now when it's important for egypt is a potential problem. on the other hand it to engage in these kind of the hitters and think that there's no consequence to them is also a real problem. >> you don't think we should be cutting off the military 1.6 million? >> i think we should -- it is an unbelievable the alana. we have to do everything we can to persuade the egyptians to find a way out of this and the way out of it is to pursue the prosecution's which is indefensible and...
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not for everybody but egypt is on the front page and part of the source of the uprising in egypt has gone on for a long time but peaking now because of the disastrous effects of the imf's structural adjustment program which has increased growth but here with a wealth most of the population suffering. of that has been true with latin america as long as they except the programs going through several decades of a sharp economic decline it has now cast doubt the programs for quite successful growth that we see the same thing here. it is not as rigid here as in the four countries but the wealthy protect themselves. part of the reason why over the last 30 years the u.s. has been in a vicious cycle with a sharp concentration of wealth one-tenth of 1% of the population hedge fund managers and ceos that don't do anything constructive for the society or economy but gained enormous wealth and with that comes political power to make it possible to excel the rate the cycle so we have this situation we are with 30 years of stagnation and decline the small tiny group getting fabulously wealthy and
not for everybody but egypt is on the front page and part of the source of the uprising in egypt has gone on for a long time but peaking now because of the disastrous effects of the imf's structural adjustment program which has increased growth but here with a wealth most of the population suffering. of that has been true with latin america as long as they except the programs going through several decades of a sharp economic decline it has now cast doubt the programs for quite successful growth...
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tunisia, egypt and libya to see this. tunisia and egypt have very strong, mature institutions. in libya come or many of us were just recently, moammar gadhafi systematically dismantled the security institutions and of those institutions must be rebuilt from the ground up. reforming the security sector will be a determining factor in the success of the arab spring and the international community, including the united states has an important role to play. says steve suggested, we need a starting point for this discussion, so let's begin with a definition of a concept that has eluded definition most often in conversation. that is, what a security reform? it is a complex task at transforming the institutions and operational forces to safeguard the state and its citizens into professional come in fact even legitimate actors accountable. ssr can be an instrument for conflict prevention. they can be an instrument for conflict management and in the conflict stage can be away of joining things together and moving forward. ssr theoretically must be approached in a holistic manner within
tunisia, egypt and libya to see this. tunisia and egypt have very strong, mature institutions. in libya come or many of us were just recently, moammar gadhafi systematically dismantled the security institutions and of those institutions must be rebuilt from the ground up. reforming the security sector will be a determining factor in the success of the arab spring and the international community, including the united states has an important role to play. says steve suggested, we need a starting...
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but egypt. we have a new leader. president morsi. we have to go through the definition of what is an islamist. a good islamist, a bad islamist. the president morsi, what is he contending with in terms of constituencies? he has constituencies within egypt. one thing to be an opposition leader for a long time. another thing to be responsible for governing. how do you see how he has done his first few months in office? and what are the prospects -- how will he of all for the muslim brotherhood of power of all? >> and a lot of people are frustrated with egypt and would like a transformation of the country, whether it is the economy that is still difficult. there is a lot of uncertainty about the outside world. for me, working from a historical perspective, it has been kind of a miracle that it has been relatively steady and relatively stable. it has been relatively absent of major violence. those things are promising. there are problems. when the revolution started in tunisia and egypt and people said, well, community is a divided societ
but egypt. we have a new leader. president morsi. we have to go through the definition of what is an islamist. a good islamist, a bad islamist. the president morsi, what is he contending with in terms of constituencies? he has constituencies within egypt. one thing to be an opposition leader for a long time. another thing to be responsible for governing. how do you see how he has done his first few months in office? and what are the prospects -- how will he of all for the muslim brotherhood of...
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both egypt and libya. you can see he really large majorities, 63% on egypt, 61 on libya coming believe that these violent attacks were only supported by extremist minorities. so that that's kind of interesting because it was hard to know how the public is internalizing these events. it looks like they are blaming him primarily on extremist minorities. on the other hand when you ask them about their impression about whether the governments of egypt and libya try to protect american diplomats and their staff, look at this. majorities said they did not. certainly larger majorities in libya, 63%, 53% in egypt and a little more divided in egypt, but still pretty much that's the perception. is it your impression of the government has criticized that attack, again to get a sense of we know that the governments criticized the attacks as a matter-of-fact of course, but the question what is the public here seen when they are feeling the reports, and much more divided. more people say yes, identical in egypt and liby
both egypt and libya. you can see he really large majorities, 63% on egypt, 61 on libya coming believe that these violent attacks were only supported by extremist minorities. so that that's kind of interesting because it was hard to know how the public is internalizing these events. it looks like they are blaming him primarily on extremist minorities. on the other hand when you ask them about their impression about whether the governments of egypt and libya try to protect american diplomats and...
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egypt, very quickly, just one of the two of you. >> in the case of egypt we have it tremendous a close enduring relationship. that's political and financial relationship. there are levers. the debate is how to exercise those levers, and my own sense is, and it's my personal opinion here, that the more the exercise on the basis of quiet diplomacy's, a dialogue with its security sectors themselves, the more we can push this process forward. at the same time having a public discussion with egyptian leaders about the need for democracy pushes the process for. there's two kinds of discussions that have to be pursued at the same time. let me allude to something hesham said to there are in egypt important civil society groups that have a stake and a part of the dialogue. when he to maintain our relationship with them. the important thing that you pointed out, part of these include element o of the reformt wing the security apparatus. we need to focus on how to sort of engage those potential reforms, how to identify them. so i think those are some of the challenges. >> i think that the united
egypt, very quickly, just one of the two of you. >> in the case of egypt we have it tremendous a close enduring relationship. that's political and financial relationship. there are levers. the debate is how to exercise those levers, and my own sense is, and it's my personal opinion here, that the more the exercise on the basis of quiet diplomacy's, a dialogue with its security sectors themselves, the more we can push this process forward. at the same time having a public discussion with...
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if egypt were to recover from its financeal crisis, egypt as well. this is something that is very important and his concern this would lead to proliferation, to nonstate actors to, terror groups like hezbollah and the like and that's what the president said and that is crucial -- now why containment won't work? brzezinski who is arguing the containment school. we have nuclear weapons. we'll contain iranian nuclear weapons. there are key difference that is the president saying containment won't work i think he understands. a, the issue in the cold war, we had 500,000 nato troops in the middle of europe as a bulwark against the soviets. we had embassies in moscow and washington throughout the whole time. since the cuban missile conference we had hotlines from the kremlin to, you know, into the white house. we have none of those things when it comes to iran. i'm not even talking about the fact that you have a regime that has some messanic impulses and, but even assuming they're rational actors, but rational doesn't necessarily mean reasonable. and read
if egypt were to recover from its financeal crisis, egypt as well. this is something that is very important and his concern this would lead to proliferation, to nonstate actors to, terror groups like hezbollah and the like and that's what the president said and that is crucial -- now why containment won't work? brzezinski who is arguing the containment school. we have nuclear weapons. we'll contain iranian nuclear weapons. there are key difference that is the president saying containment won't...
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certainly a large number of majority, 63%. 53% in egypt and a little more divided in egypt. but still, pretty much that is the perception. is it your impression of the government -- the government has criticized that tax to again get a sense of -- we know the government ethics criticized the attacks as a matter of fact of course but the question is what is the public seeing when they are viewing the reports come and much more divided. much people say yes, identical in egypt and libya, to egypt and libya. 47 say yes, criticized the attacks, 42% say no. of the margin of the area is plus or minus 4.6%. is it your impression that the government has tried to find and arrest? of the perpetrators. and again you see the majority say they do not. so, on the one hand, they seem to think they were only supported by the minorities. on the other hand they think the government obviously is not doing enough. now, one of the issues is aid to egypt. this has been something dow was put on hold throughout these attacks. we wanted to find out whether the american public shifted its views on to
certainly a large number of majority, 63%. 53% in egypt and a little more divided in egypt. but still, pretty much that is the perception. is it your impression of the government -- the government has criticized that tax to again get a sense of -- we know the government ethics criticized the attacks as a matter of fact of course but the question is what is the public seeing when they are viewing the reports come and much more divided. much people say yes, identical in egypt and libya, to egypt...
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i don't want to present myself as an expert on egypt. i've spent a certain amount of time after the revolution. but i don't read arabic, so that is cutting me out of a lot of it. there were a lot of independent bloggers and people who were doing organizing on facebook and i think, you know, some of the facebook organizing, they did it in a way that was really smart about bringing people into the process. they would not just say that there is a demonstration on this day, but they would say that this is a demonstration and we should all wear one color. what should we all wear. bringing people into the discussion and giving him some ownership over -- people felt this is my movement, too. i help decide what color were awkward to wear or whatever. people using media in a way that was interactive that really brought people in. and i think that that was helpful. >> i think that digital access is actually a very risky proposition for two reasons. one is i would like to know where we get the funding and the money to really fuel that machine. and
i don't want to present myself as an expert on egypt. i've spent a certain amount of time after the revolution. but i don't read arabic, so that is cutting me out of a lot of it. there were a lot of independent bloggers and people who were doing organizing on facebook and i think, you know, some of the facebook organizing, they did it in a way that was really smart about bringing people into the process. they would not just say that there is a demonstration on this day, but they would say that...
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i don't want to present myself as an expert on egypt. i've spent a certain amount of time after the revolution. but i don't read arabic, so that is cutting me out of a lot of it. there were a lot of independent bloggers and people who were doing organizing on facebook and i think, you know, some of the facebook organizing, they did it in a way that was really smart about bringing people into the process. they would not just say that there is a demonstration on this day, but they would say that this is a demonstration and we should all wear one color. what should we all wear. bringing people into the discussion and giving him some ownership over -- people felt this is my movement, too. i help decide what color were awkward to wear or whatever. people using media in a way that was interactive that really brought people in. and i think that that was helpful. >> i think that digital access is actually a very risky proposition for two reasons. one is i would like to know where we get the funding and the money to really fuel that machine. and
i don't want to present myself as an expert on egypt. i've spent a certain amount of time after the revolution. but i don't read arabic, so that is cutting me out of a lot of it. there were a lot of independent bloggers and people who were doing organizing on facebook and i think, you know, some of the facebook organizing, they did it in a way that was really smart about bringing people into the process. they would not just say that there is a demonstration on this day, but they would say that...
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i don't want to present myself as an expert on egypt. i've spent a certain amount of time after the revolution. but i don't read arabic, so that is cutting me out of a lot of it. there were a lot of independent bloggers and people who were doing organizing on facebook and i think, you know, some of the facebook organizing, they did it in a way that was really smart about bringing people into the process. they would not just say that there is a demonstration on this day, but they would say that this is a demonstration and we should all wear one color. what should we all wear. bringing people into the discussion and giving him some ownership over -- people felt this is my movement, too. i help decide what color were awkward to wear or whatever. people using media in a way that was interactive that really brought people in. and i think that that was helpful. >> i think that digital access is actually a very risky proposition for two reasons. one is i would like to know where we get the funding and the money to really fuel that machine. and
i don't want to present myself as an expert on egypt. i've spent a certain amount of time after the revolution. but i don't read arabic, so that is cutting me out of a lot of it. there were a lot of independent bloggers and people who were doing organizing on facebook and i think, you know, some of the facebook organizing, they did it in a way that was really smart about bringing people into the process. they would not just say that there is a demonstration on this day, but they would say that...
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an example of egypt. at the largest of those countries. 85 5 thousand new entrants in the labor market every year. 670% of them have high school or above education. and those guys -- takes five years to find a job. and for those of them who find a job, three-quarters find jobs only in the information sector. so they have their occasional workers and they have very -- no job security, no social benefits at all. so this is what -- this huge youth population that sees an opportunity for them. second fact. and it has to do with the politics. those same young people have -- do not have any way of expressing themselves or participating in the social and political lives in their countries. there was a survey done in egypt in 2005 for a student group, for example, to publish a pamphlet in the university. it takes them six months because they have to go through all different layers of clearances by the security people. the only avenue that was open for them was through the islamic groups. some of those islamic gro
an example of egypt. at the largest of those countries. 85 5 thousand new entrants in the labor market every year. 670% of them have high school or above education. and those guys -- takes five years to find a job. and for those of them who find a job, three-quarters find jobs only in the information sector. so they have their occasional workers and they have very -- no job security, no social benefits at all. so this is what -- this huge youth population that sees an opportunity for them....
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american aid to egypt. again, i actually think somehow the political system as dysfunctional as it is is already sending that signal, and i tend to believe there are more down slides towards all of that. but we are going back to this issue it's not only towards asia but i think whoever is president, how we invest in our competitiveness there's a strong stand in the politics that cut across lines. it's already out there in the sense this package the we talk about we have announced a year or year and a half ago it wasn't so the bureaucracy or the lack of american leadership it was a complex situation in egypt but it's also think a very complicated debate that cuts across both parties on capitol hill about whether or not we are going to spend this. my view is the longer run later in the decade is going down. it's not going to be the 1.5 billion or so. it's likely going to be something much more smaller and i think we should consider it to be a bridge to something that is much more robust and the system of fost
american aid to egypt. again, i actually think somehow the political system as dysfunctional as it is is already sending that signal, and i tend to believe there are more down slides towards all of that. but we are going back to this issue it's not only towards asia but i think whoever is president, how we invest in our competitiveness there's a strong stand in the politics that cut across lines. it's already out there in the sense this package the we talk about we have announced a year or year...
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and so now suddenly it looks at an e egypt where the -- egypt where the sinai looks like a no man's land, where the muslim brotherhood may have from their standpoint, from the israeli standpoint very little stake in controlling what goes on with regard to what could come out of gaza and the sinai into israel. and so the first point of reference is look at how things are changing in terms of egypt, and it's a threat. it looks to its north, and it sees 45-50,000 rockets that hezbollah has in lebanon. it looks farther to the north and east, and it sees syria where in the best of cases it sees enormous unknowns. it can't really know -- even if it assumes as many now do that the assad regime is doomed and is not going to survive, it doesn't know what the process of its demise is going to be, it doesn't know the timing, it doesn't know what's going to happen in syria. the longer things drag on in syria, the more likely you could have a whole range of different kinds of outcomes that from an israeli standpoint could also be quite threatening. jordan right now, its relationship with jordan is an
and so now suddenly it looks at an e egypt where the -- egypt where the sinai looks like a no man's land, where the muslim brotherhood may have from their standpoint, from the israeli standpoint very little stake in controlling what goes on with regard to what could come out of gaza and the sinai into israel. and so the first point of reference is look at how things are changing in terms of egypt, and it's a threat. it looks to its north, and it sees 45-50,000 rockets that hezbollah has in...
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saudi arabia has come up. 14 months ago we probably would have put egypt on the list and we may some months from now want to keep egypt on the list of other nations and then it's jenny bar the door from the nuclear proliferation regime. >> i'm from the international law institute. my question is, is russia on the list? is the interest of russia in iran part of the equation? >> you're looking at me when you ask but my colleagues will all have -- i think,f course, russia is an important factor and has from time to time not as consistently or as fully as we'd like on the spectrum. the russians emphatically do not want iran to be a nuclear weapon state for all kinds of reasons including the one i alluded to, what it would do to the region but also because insofar as that enhanced or fueled iran's capable to make trouble in various parts of the culturally muslim regions of the russian federation they would be more of a danger. now their behavior has not been consistent and sometimes not helpful but i don't think there's any question that the russians hope very much that they can avoid two
saudi arabia has come up. 14 months ago we probably would have put egypt on the list and we may some months from now want to keep egypt on the list of other nations and then it's jenny bar the door from the nuclear proliferation regime. >> i'm from the international law institute. my question is, is russia on the list? is the interest of russia in iran part of the equation? >> you're looking at me when you ask but my colleagues will all have -- i think,f course, russia is an...
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institute of peace looking at the state of security forces in egypt, tunisia and libya. the arab spring are in the state of transition with the army, police and intelligence services playing different roles in each. this took place earlier this week in washington. it's two hours. >> good morning everyone. i'm steve heydemann for issues of the u.s. institute of peace, and we are delighted to see you all here at today's session on the securities sector reform in the arab world and some rsvp to me have been scared by the false rumor that it would be subjected to a political polling experience following the panel. that is not the case. so you do not need to worry about that. we are very pleased to have you here with us all this morning. i would like to stress that our topic this morning i think is both particularly important but also especially urgent. i do not think that it is an exaggeration to say what happens with the security sectors in the arab world and by security sectors i mean the police, the armed forces, and most of all of course the very substantial intelligence
institute of peace looking at the state of security forces in egypt, tunisia and libya. the arab spring are in the state of transition with the army, police and intelligence services playing different roles in each. this took place earlier this week in washington. it's two hours. >> good morning everyone. i'm steve heydemann for issues of the u.s. institute of peace, and we are delighted to see you all here at today's session on the securities sector reform in the arab world and some rsvp...
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constitution as a model for a new constitution in egypt. by the way, the incorrect guide to the supreme court justice, i don't know. [laughter] and the permits were really quite astonishing. i have it written down here. the constitution he says he likes so i went out and looked up the self constitution on the the constitutionalism and sure enough, there is formal language in the constitution at the end of the long bill of rights which has all kinds of positive rights like the right to edge of a health care and housing and so forth, where it says judges or tribunals and forcing this bill of rights may -- must look to the international law and may look to the foreign law. no wonder justice ginsburg's like the constitution so much. so, that is a roundabout way for saying question from jim lehrer or something to the two candidates. should the supreme court looked to the law in making its rulings? why or why not come and watch obama score around that question and hopefully mitt romney can do something sensible about that, which i kind of doubt.
constitution as a model for a new constitution in egypt. by the way, the incorrect guide to the supreme court justice, i don't know. [laughter] and the permits were really quite astonishing. i have it written down here. the constitution he says he likes so i went out and looked up the self constitution on the the constitutionalism and sure enough, there is formal language in the constitution at the end of the long bill of rights which has all kinds of positive rights like the right to edge of a...
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we handled tunisia, libya, egypt and syria. this runs the risk of a meltdown in the middle east. it is a strategic challenge but also a strategic opportunity to try to further emphasize and establish yet another example where sunni and shiite and other minorities are working together to define a common future which is what the middle east needs because elsewhere for hundreds of years the model has been sunni against the at and she again sunni. that won't work. that won't bring stability or a better life for folks and we have an opportunity to establish a different model. we started that in iraq. we need to start that in syria. we need to bring this to an end. >> do you agree? >> i agree with steve emphatically. one of my favorite sayings is virtual presence is actual absence. if you think about how you want these things to come out and we have an interest in that obviously, you have to understand you just cannot sit back and hope. hope is not a strategy. since the fall of the shop of iran particularly in the middle east, the people who have emerged from the toppling of dictators
we handled tunisia, libya, egypt and syria. this runs the risk of a meltdown in the middle east. it is a strategic challenge but also a strategic opportunity to try to further emphasize and establish yet another example where sunni and shiite and other minorities are working together to define a common future which is what the middle east needs because elsewhere for hundreds of years the model has been sunni against the at and she again sunni. that won't work. that won't bring stability or a...
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we will judge egypt, not by their creation, unquote. morocco, algeria, jordan have not experienced the arab spring, the recent developments have shown some changes. the political institution in some of the countries are in the process of transition with more participation. it's best if ambitious public spending plan. we have same legal system and procedures are being performed to the aspiration of the people and their yearning for a good government and transparency. now, let me turn to the american policies during the arab spring. two initiatives, these initiatives i don't think were a coincidence, but anyway they came up at the same time in 2011 and the other 12011. august 10, 2011, president obama ordered a division board. the president made the prevention of atrocities the key focus of his administration's foreign policy. this initiative aimed at civilians and holding perpetrators of atrocities accountable. the focus of this initiative is the area and libya. the other initiative come in the second initiative is the open government or
we will judge egypt, not by their creation, unquote. morocco, algeria, jordan have not experienced the arab spring, the recent developments have shown some changes. the political institution in some of the countries are in the process of transition with more participation. it's best if ambitious public spending plan. we have same legal system and procedures are being performed to the aspiration of the people and their yearning for a good government and transparency. now, let me turn to the...
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we can talk about egypt individual i think there has to be an overarching policy. maybe we don't get there. that's another question. i think the aim has to be expressed. if you look at all the three major areas which at the u.s., its allies have to contend with, the international situation is in a crisis because a lot of because a lot of europeans want to pull out early, et cetera. will the europeans contribute to the long-term funding of the military, et cetera, and the afghan military? the recent situation also much worse when this administration started off with the tensions with iran, the tensions now developing with pakistan. and thirdly, clearly the domestic situation inside afghanistan with these recent incidents we've had, you know, is also very precarious. so i think in a enormous amount has to be done and we need a major diplomatic effort on all three fronts, domestic, international and regional in order to get this process going. now, as far as pakistan is concerned, i've always believed the military, which guides and runs foreign policy, has essentially
we can talk about egypt individual i think there has to be an overarching policy. maybe we don't get there. that's another question. i think the aim has to be expressed. if you look at all the three major areas which at the u.s., its allies have to contend with, the international situation is in a crisis because a lot of because a lot of europeans want to pull out early, et cetera. will the europeans contribute to the long-term funding of the military, et cetera, and the afghan military? the...
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to surprise us all to this and it's interesting because just today the islamists claim to mandate in egypt, so it is i guess still up for grabs. is their something we can do, we don't want to heavily influence again i am sure, but is their something that american -- i mean, just to speculate to you think there's something we can do that might help iraq get all the way to where we want it to go? >> i think in most cases we should stay the hell out of the politics number one, there would be a nice start. number two, when we can, for example may be in libya if things went right we could help facilitate things behind the scenes but i think the big answer to your question is a much larger spiritual question that we all should us as americans and that is for goodness sake can we try a little harder to understand the difference between the islamists and muslim brotherhood and al qaeda and can we understand the multifaceted civil war for the mine and that's going on across the arab world today and take them time to understand it because once we start doing that i think we have a whole, we have a c
to surprise us all to this and it's interesting because just today the islamists claim to mandate in egypt, so it is i guess still up for grabs. is their something we can do, we don't want to heavily influence again i am sure, but is their something that american -- i mean, just to speculate to you think there's something we can do that might help iraq get all the way to where we want it to go? >> i think in most cases we should stay the hell out of the politics number one, there would be...
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yes, i can want say that egypt or jordan that they like or love us. they are looking for love between human beings, but between nations, there's interests, and there's so many interests that we can use, that we can really change with them the situation. first and foremost, of course, is by ending the conflict between us and the palestinian, and i think we heard such strong and decisive, almost crying by the americans spokesman here and the secretary panetta said it in a very undiplomatic and maybe un-american way get back to the dasm table. what is there to be afraid of unless someone is interested in the deep freezing of the situation, hoping that the status quo is good, but we know that wherever people are involved, there is no status quo. it will birth. it will explode in our faith if we do not take initiative. >> we'll get to the american-israeli question in a minute, but when i hear you talk about the arab spring and israel and the nature of the challenge, i remember years ago you gave a speech in which you proposed that since reconciliation betw
yes, i can want say that egypt or jordan that they like or love us. they are looking for love between human beings, but between nations, there's interests, and there's so many interests that we can use, that we can really change with them the situation. first and foremost, of course, is by ending the conflict between us and the palestinian, and i think we heard such strong and decisive, almost crying by the americans spokesman here and the secretary panetta said it in a very undiplomatic and...
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what was driving my generation that time in egypt, the education system in egypt was excellent at that time. >> it was excellent? >> it was excellent to the i went to the university of alexandria for example. i received a very valuable education there. and the country as a whole was dreaming at the time. >> give us a sense of what those years were. >> this was indeed 60's and the country was dreaming and also to make the cities and the like as a boy growing up in egypt they were dreaming that's number one, and number two reseeding is very good education. i for example have a scholarship. in egypt and in public it's free but in addition very this title which was the equivalent of a university graduate. if you are among the top students in the university so it was a wonderful ethnicity around here to try to meet you think; vision at the time is to require knowledge at the university of alexandria, and so this was really sort of not harvard of the time or any of that, but i did work hard for it. i had the passion for knowledge and that's what i told mike. >> where did that come from? was
what was driving my generation that time in egypt, the education system in egypt was excellent at that time. >> it was excellent? >> it was excellent to the i went to the university of alexandria for example. i received a very valuable education there. and the country as a whole was dreaming at the time. >> give us a sense of what those years were. >> this was indeed 60's and the country was dreaming and also to make the cities and the like as a boy growing up in egypt...
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for the egypt, there is only one authority to decide, egyptian people. know what they're concerned should we does or should lead international politics. if there is a democratic government, that democratic government will decide what is good or what is bad for the people. if the people is not happy with the government, the next day the election, they will change, not ice. we have to a full solidarity during this assist with libya. and we have to create success stories rather than creepy new images, negative images regarding middle east. the second zone is more cold countries, less populated, more income, and there are many young demonstrators. in kuwait, there was an election. in bahrain, despite his several difficulties last year, there is a root word. at that time also we -- i went to buy rain to discuss with both sides in order to open the way of dialogue, but at the end of the day, more stable. but the more challenging. -- more challenging for those subregion is the third, which is from iraq, syria, lebanon -- a really very challenging neighborhood.
for the egypt, there is only one authority to decide, egyptian people. know what they're concerned should we does or should lead international politics. if there is a democratic government, that democratic government will decide what is good or what is bad for the people. if the people is not happy with the government, the next day the election, they will change, not ice. we have to a full solidarity during this assist with libya. and we have to create success stories rather than creepy new...
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state of egypt. egypt is threatening israel. egypt is threatening the region because of the arab spring. we have to rethink the dollars that we are sending to egypt. we have to say that these dollars are for maintaining a security and peace and if you are not participating, you do not get these dollars. that is job one. we have to continue our commitment of foreign policy to israel. israel is our strongest ally and our sister country come and we need to do everything we can fulfill our to fulfill our commitment. all of the foreign aid is spent right here in america un-american jobs. that is when the requirements. we need to gather up our allies and protect the people who serve in our state department we can secure them, they shouldn't be there. >> moderator: i'm going to go forward, but what you think should be the basic guiding principles, speaking a bit more probably? berg: if you are referring to dollars spent, or in general, our foreign policy, america is the leader of the world. we need to look
state of egypt. egypt is threatening israel. egypt is threatening the region because of the arab spring. we have to rethink the dollars that we are sending to egypt. we have to say that these dollars are for maintaining a security and peace and if you are not participating, you do not get these dollars. that is job one. we have to continue our commitment of foreign policy to israel. israel is our strongest ally and our sister country come and we need to do everything we can fulfill our to...
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with the changes in egypt, israel has to rethink its baseline for defensive needs. so looking at egypt, do you think that the new egyptian government has taken shape will seek to uphold the peace treaty? >> i do believe the position, that they would like to preserve the peace treaty. every statement that i've collected from the leadership indicate that they don't want to bury the treaty. there is talk about some amendment which is very dangerous. now, that amendment that they are thinking have to do with the restrictions of the egyptian military deployment in the sinai pull in to the -- sinai peninsula. israel has an interest that in allowing and in accepting different deployment of the egyptian army in the sinai. that is closely to the israeli border. for the simple reason that the sinai peninsula three times bigger than the state of israel has become the black hole in the triangle of peace between israel, egypt and jordan. it's full of malicious. the toyota pickup with the submachine gun on the back has become the new camel. they write poems and songs. they used t
with the changes in egypt, israel has to rethink its baseline for defensive needs. so looking at egypt, do you think that the new egyptian government has taken shape will seek to uphold the peace treaty? >> i do believe the position, that they would like to preserve the peace treaty. every statement that i've collected from the leadership indicate that they don't want to bury the treaty. there is talk about some amendment which is very dangerous. now, that amendment that they are thinking...
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in egypt, in public it's free. got a university of a graduate if you are among the top students in the university. so it was a wonderful atmosphere around you to make you think. my whole ambition at the time was to acquire knowledge really. to be a university professor. at the university of alexandria. and so that was really sort of -- not to go harvard at the time or any of that, but i did work hard for it. i had the passion for knowledge and that's what i -- >> where did you find that? where did that come from? was it just innate? >> to be honest with you, i think it's something that we are born with somewhat. i think it gets shaped and polished by teachers, by our parents, by the environment we are in. but i think -- i think most people i know who reach somewhere have something in them innate to allow them to dream perhaps more than others or to have this passion for what they do. and so my passion really at the time was limited to acquiring knowledge at the best possible way. coming to the united states was the
in egypt, in public it's free. got a university of a graduate if you are among the top students in the university. so it was a wonderful atmosphere around you to make you think. my whole ambition at the time was to acquire knowledge really. to be a university professor. at the university of alexandria. and so that was really sort of -- not to go harvard at the time or any of that, but i did work hard for it. i had the passion for knowledge and that's what i -- >> where did you find that?...
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russia got along famously well with baath regimes in iraq and syria and with the regime in egypt that was not that different. basically arab soldiers -- socialist ultranationalist regimes. bees were anti-american and with there as leader of russia saying the collapse of the soviet union -- of the 20th century clearly having an anti-american regime is a good thing. some said that this this zubaydn in the writing does mention we didn't discuss in great detail here is an important dimension. iran is the strongest middle eastern albeit not an arab country that the strongest anti-american middle east in the country. it has a relationship that goes back towards the gorbachev era when the late ayatollah khamenei-based nestlÉ sent a letter to gorbachev and said mr. gorbachev, the wall fell and your ideology collapsed and now we should all convert to islam. there's a memoir protocol from the meeting where gorbachev mentions it. nevertheless rafsanjani, week later the president in the form and minister arrives to moscow and signs first arms transactions with russia. russia sold weapons both to
russia got along famously well with baath regimes in iraq and syria and with the regime in egypt that was not that different. basically arab soldiers -- socialist ultranationalist regimes. bees were anti-american and with there as leader of russia saying the collapse of the soviet union -- of the 20th century clearly having an anti-american regime is a good thing. some said that this this zubaydn in the writing does mention we didn't discuss in great detail here is an important dimension. iran...
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how did egypt, to have an internet and a mobile service worth shutting down? the short answer lies in the most important policy accomplishments of the clinton administration that most people, present company excluded, have never heard of. world trade organization agreement on basic telecommunications. back in the 1990s, monopolies operated communication networks in most countries around the world, generally government owned or controlled monopolies. that was the world most of us grew up in. it was before the internet and mobile communications took off, and it's not a coincidence at the end of that world coincided with a take off of mobile and the internet. in any event back then in the '90s, leaders at the white house, at the state department, the u.s. trade rep, commerce department, and yes the fcc, developed what many thought at the time was a crazy and certainly hopeless idea. what if, they asked, what if we pushed to privatize communications, companies and markets around the world, what if we moved the world toward open market access, robust competition? a
how did egypt, to have an internet and a mobile service worth shutting down? the short answer lies in the most important policy accomplishments of the clinton administration that most people, present company excluded, have never heard of. world trade organization agreement on basic telecommunications. back in the 1990s, monopolies operated communication networks in most countries around the world, generally government owned or controlled monopolies. that was the world most of us grew up in. it...
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it was not going to make any difference in egypt. as far as libya, at first it seemed like we got lucky and qadhafi went down easily, you know, in the last couple of weeks, think seemed to have turned around. god only knows what's going to happen in syria. it's much more complex than iraq. we always say we are going to do this and that, the shiites, the police, the sunnis, the stuff, i can say that i spent a lot of time in that part of the world. it doesn't even make sense when you're there, let alone we are sitting back here and thinking bigger than sit there with your wrist for making it all work out. i was going to mention the humble foreign policy. you know, i'm still waiting for my country to rise up and live up the promise of that treaty. >> i think that is what i am talking about. the idea that it would even be desirable for us flip the switch and dictate clinical outcomes in foreign countries. you are dealing with multiple political factions about which we have very limited knowledge about how to effect the outcome so we thin
it was not going to make any difference in egypt. as far as libya, at first it seemed like we got lucky and qadhafi went down easily, you know, in the last couple of weeks, think seemed to have turned around. god only knows what's going to happen in syria. it's much more complex than iraq. we always say we are going to do this and that, the shiites, the police, the sunnis, the stuff, i can say that i spent a lot of time in that part of the world. it doesn't even make sense when you're there,...
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then libya started, egypt started and so forth. egypt was over in 18 days. but you know, libya, was the only true revolution. the leader of tunisia, it was as if he hijacked the state for a while and then now he is not in power. and then in egypt, the real powers haven't changed that much. in libya, everything was thrown up in the air. gaddafi was like the spider at the center of the web. the revolution cut the web away, and then there was nothing. it is year zero in libya. let me go back to how i got here. i have been in egypt and then we went over the border to libya. i say we because i am a television reporter and was with a producer and with cameras present. we saw on the walls of the border, a big sign in english that said welcome to free libya. there was a young man there who was perfect. he looked just like rambo. he had long brown hair, he had a bandanna, a vendor of bullets around them. he seemed to be our guide. we drove up, which is in eastern months on 10 city. one of the things that they did in eastern country, was that they destroyed the statue
then libya started, egypt started and so forth. egypt was over in 18 days. but you know, libya, was the only true revolution. the leader of tunisia, it was as if he hijacked the state for a while and then now he is not in power. and then in egypt, the real powers haven't changed that much. in libya, everything was thrown up in the air. gaddafi was like the spider at the center of the web. the revolution cut the web away, and then there was nothing. it is year zero in libya. let me go back to...
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so many of my colleagues have done on both sides of the aisle that i strongly condemn the attacks in egypt and libya. i am deeply saddened by the death of our ambassador there as well as several other american citizens, and i join all america -- not only in condemning these attacks but in also sending my prayers and thoughts to the families of those killed by these senseless and horrific acts of violence. on to the veterans jobs corps act, mr. president, because as we all know, as we've seen by this who are refuseic violence and by -- by this horrific violence and by what we've seen overseas and in the mideast, our troops face that every single day when they're there, as do our diplomats. they face that kind of threat. and when they come home to this country, we must treat them with great dignity and respect. i've always believed that when we ask our young men and women to fight in defense of our nation, we make a promise that we will give them the resources they need to complete their mission. we also promise to take care of them when they come home to this country. when they signed up to
so many of my colleagues have done on both sides of the aisle that i strongly condemn the attacks in egypt and libya. i am deeply saddened by the death of our ambassador there as well as several other american citizens, and i join all america -- not only in condemning these attacks but in also sending my prayers and thoughts to the families of those killed by these senseless and horrific acts of violence. on to the veterans jobs corps act, mr. president, because as we all know, as we've seen by...
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but the fact of the matter is that is the actual situation not to mention israel and palestinians and egypt etc., etc.. i think we better be aware of the fact that our dominance in the middle east is rapidly diminishing and the capacity to influence by verbal command as close to zero. we have to work with others intelligently on how to manage this problem. >> to avoid a whole art of the crisis scenario you still have the strike on iran would do you think that means for the turkish interest both in the near term and in the sort of two to five-year time frame given that turkey has relations with both iran, israel and also with us? >> let me go back and answer that to start with the prime minister again. prime minister erdogan has had a falling out with the israelis and i think principally stemmed from the chart that while he was >> he had met with the leadership shortly before the operation he wasn't told anything about it, and i think as a result of love and the interception of the shift into gaza the relationships of gotten much worse, and i think that an israeli strike on iran wouldn't be
but the fact of the matter is that is the actual situation not to mention israel and palestinians and egypt etc., etc.. i think we better be aware of the fact that our dominance in the middle east is rapidly diminishing and the capacity to influence by verbal command as close to zero. we have to work with others intelligently on how to manage this problem. >> to avoid a whole art of the crisis scenario you still have the strike on iran would do you think that means for the turkish...
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there is a reason why egypt exploded and there is a reason why tunisia exploded and the reason why human exploded and we just don't want to come to terms or wrestle with again how new age we are. we have to make poverty a priority in this country. it is an honor for you to have us here tonight and we celebrate your legacy. >> thank you very much. [applause] 's been more be more from wichita next on booktv. robert owens the author of mr. jefferson's hammer talks about the origins of american indian policy. >> jefferson is a very interesting character in that he has these really ambitious goals but he also hates conflict. at the same time he likes technology and so when i was trying to come up with titles, william henry harrison became the perfect tool for jefferson to wield when it came to indian policy on the frontier because basically harrison was willing to do the dirty work that is going to get jefferson what he wants. lots of indian land purchased very quickly and very cheaply. harrison, i think he is more interesting for the fact that he is so typical rather than unusual. he is the
there is a reason why egypt exploded and there is a reason why tunisia exploded and the reason why human exploded and we just don't want to come to terms or wrestle with again how new age we are. we have to make poverty a priority in this country. it is an honor for you to have us here tonight and we celebrate your legacy. >> thank you very much. [applause] 's been more be more from wichita next on booktv. robert owens the author of mr. jefferson's hammer talks about the origins of...
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egypt is still not so clear depending on how the elections go. libya is a whole other example. syria is still ongoing. i will say that there is something important to recognize about the influx of mobile's into our communications environment. dramatic. more dramatic in many ways of the internet. this is the fastest growing phenomenon. five and a half billion miles are in use today. not all of them are smart phones, not all internet enabled , 20 to 25 percent are. it goes up over time. what is important is that the mobile is not only patrol the vice, what is important is that it can communicate with the rest of the internet. when we tweet, send one copy to a computer on the internet, and it generates the hundred thousand copies that go everywhere else. you're leveraging the fact of being able to get from anywhere at anytime remotely to exercise the hp and the information of the internet is what is making that combination so dramatically powerful. i believe that that combination by itself is going to help spread democratic things around the world. >> the internet is the tool. bef
egypt is still not so clear depending on how the elections go. libya is a whole other example. syria is still ongoing. i will say that there is something important to recognize about the influx of mobile's into our communications environment. dramatic. more dramatic in many ways of the internet. this is the fastest growing phenomenon. five and a half billion miles are in use today. not all of them are smart phones, not all internet enabled , 20 to 25 percent are. it goes up over time. what is...
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assistant special agent in charge in boston he helped lead the investigation and recovery efforts for the egypt air 990 crashed off the coast of ryland. in 2007, pistole received the everett h. levi award for outstanding professionalism and extempore integrity she is a recipient of the 2005 presidential rank award for the distinguished executive service. since his confirmation in july 2010 administrator pistole has been one of the most important partners through his leadership, the known crimber and trusted traveler programs became a reality the success of the known crimber is a result of alpa a4a and ed pastor pistole is central to that success. last month that tsa took the known crimber program to the next level when it announced that flight attendants cannot participate in the program. alpa has been a strong proponent for including flight attendants and non-crew member and we fully support their participation in the program. administrator pistole embodies many qualities that week for have come to rely on when we in advance aviation safety and security goals and since i became the president o
assistant special agent in charge in boston he helped lead the investigation and recovery efforts for the egypt air 990 crashed off the coast of ryland. in 2007, pistole received the everett h. levi award for outstanding professionalism and extempore integrity she is a recipient of the 2005 presidential rank award for the distinguished executive service. since his confirmation in july 2010 administrator pistole has been one of the most important partners through his leadership, the known...